Crawling has a special significance for babies, after they have learned to roll over, sit and stand, then the next step should be to learn to crawl. Some parents said their babies did not learn to crawl, to walk when they can walk directly learn to walk, which is not a problem in the development of movement, but if the baby after crawling, and then learn to walk, the future sense of balance and hand-eye coordination, gross and fine motor development are quite beneficial. In the process of babies learning to crawl, there are always some questions that make moms not know what to do and how to do it correctly. Q: How old is the baby to practice crawling? A: Some studies have shown that infant crawling is a programmed process. 3-6 months old, is the baby crawling preparatory stage, let the baby learn to roll over; 5, 6 months old when the baby can be trained to learn to sit, head up; 7, 8 months old when the prone to start training crawling; 9, 10 months can let the baby free to crawl. After birth, babies with normal development will naturally begin to crawl after learning to lift their heads, roll over, sit and stand. However, for every baby, the action of crawling is not learned all at once, but has to go through three developmental stages, i.e. creeping and crawling, crawling on hands and knees and crawling on hands and feet. Q: Why does baby crawl backwards? A: As soon as babies start to move around in a certain way, it is completely normal, regardless of whether they are moving forward or backward at first. Many babies appear to crawl backwards when they first start crawling. This phenomenon is mainly due to the uneven growth of muscles in different parts of the baby’s body, the arm muscles are a little stronger than the leg muscles, so when the baby’s arms and legs at the same time, the phenomenon of backward movement occurs. However, this phenomenon can be corrected automatically after the baby’s large muscle motor skills are further developed. Your baby will soon be able to change from crawling backwards to crawling forwards. Q: Should parents help their babies to practice crawling? A: It is always good for babies to have some encouragement and enticement from their mothers and fathers. If a baby wants a toy and mom or dad hands it to him, then the baby would definitely rather sit quietly and wait for someone to hand it to him. Therefore, mothers and fathers can look for ways to encourage their babies to be as active as possible. Especially in 9-10 months, the baby starts to explore the world around him, mom and dad can play various interesting games on the floor with the baby to help him practice creeping, moving and crawling. Q: What if my baby doesn’t crawl for 9 months? Some babies just don’t like to crawl, especially fat babies, not very active, this time do not force a child who does not intend to crawl to crawl, that’s too difficult for the child. Just let nature take its course. Objectively speaking, the baby’s crawling and not crawling is nature, from person to person. Some children don’t crawl because of illness, which requires a specialized institution to train babies to crawl. Q: My baby is more than 3 years old and has learned to walk directly without learning to crawl, will it affect my baby? A：If your baby has not experienced crawling and learns to walk directly, it does not matter, you can make up for the lesson of crawling. Usually play crawling games with your baby more, or play ocean ball, play barrel games, etc. Some kindergartens also specialize in crawling games. Some kindergartens will also specialize in crawling games, as well as kindergartens that focus on sensory integration will pay more attention to this training. Q: What are the possible reasons for babies not crawling? A: Babies do not crawl caused by many reasons, mothers should see if there are several reasons: 1, depriving the baby of the opportunity to learn to crawl. Mothers let the baby stay in the crib all day, or always be put on the stroller, or often carried by the mother in a baby carrier, or most of the time spent in the walker. 2. There are too many obstacles for babies to learn to crawl. Let the baby crawling mat is too soft, the baby simply can not climb, let the baby crawling place is too hard or carpet is too abrasive, the baby is afraid of knee pain dare not climb; let the baby crawling place is too cool, the baby is unwilling to accept; to the baby to wear clothes too thick and heavy, so that the baby climbed up inconveniently, reducing the interest in crawling and so on. 3, the baby on the crawl heart there are obstacles. Baby in the first learning to crawl, the heart will certainly have a certain sense of fear and hesitation, especially when encountering uncertainty, always look up to see the mother’s expression. If the mother is not patient and does not encourage the baby, the baby will not want to crawl. Q: What if my baby falls off the bed when crawling? A: Little babies are ignorant of dangers and can easily fall off the bed when crawling. When your baby falls off the bed, pick him up and put him on the bed to see if his arms and legs can move normally. It is more likely that the baby’s head will touch the ground, so you can’t let your guard down just because you can’t see anything wrong for a while. You should see if the baby is drowsy and lacks energy, and if so, go to the hospital for further checkups.